The night Clay Lockhart’s wife dies, a violent storm tears their home --- and the eight hectares of land beneath it --- away from the Scottish coast, sending it adrift into the Atlantic. Thirty years later, 12-year-old Ellie Mills discovers the fabled floating island off the coast of Nova Scotia and finds Clay still living in the weatherworn farmhouse perched on its highest hill. When the island vanishes overnight, Ellie is left questioning whether it ever existed at all. But decades later, the island resurfaces --- and Ellie, now in her 30s, returns, determined to uncover the truth. What she finds is even stranger: Clay hasn’t aged a single day. Faced with the impossible, Ellie learns that some mysteries aren’t meant to be solved.
Kurt Richter has been in love with Eugenie Zepp since he was eight years old. Now he’s in his 50s, twice divorced, a father of four. The entire neighborhood is suing him and he’s been estranged from Eugenie for a decade. In other words: perfect timing to declare himself to her. Now their adult children are back in town with grudges, heartbreaks and schemes of their own. As secrets surface and loyalties shift, will this be the right time for Eugenie and Kurt, after everything they’ve been through? In this delicious, darkly funny, romantic comedy, everyone is looking for love in all the wrong places and gambling on the biggest games in life --- but in Dangerland, there’s always one more chance to win.
Faye is one half of a power-producing duo with her Hollywood husband. Henry is a married father running the family business. When a former and beloved college professor suddenly passes away, Faye and Henry find themselves back on campus for the funeral. When Faye comes to Henry’s remote mountain cabin, she’s beside herself. Has Henry brought her here to punish her? She did, after all, write and star in a lauded episode of television based on their indelicate appetites and vicious breakup. As her week of captivity unfolds, Henry’s wanton demands intensify and Faye finds herself pulled back into his irresistible gravity. But as Faye and Henry spiral into their old dynamic, a sprawling, years-old mystery begins to take shape --- one that will rewrite history as Faye remembers it and reveal an astounding, cataclysmic truth.
Since a violent confrontation tore apart a family five years ago, brothers and fellow cops Russell and Evan haven’t spoken a word to each other. When they’re both assigned to the murder of a young journalist in the tiny town of Redbelly Crossing, their paths are forced to cross again. This was supposed to be the week Russell could repair things with his teenage daughter. Instead, he has to drag her on a murderous ride into the middle of snake-infested nowhere. For Evan, this case is exactly what he needed: a high-profile investigation that will give him the chance to rebuild his career after a terrible mistake that nearly ended it. Then a dark discovery leaves Evan with only one way out: to bury the truth Russell is so determined to uncover.
Dolores and Mita grow up in rural Brazil, identical and inseparable. But Mita develops a mysterious illness that challenges the family. One day, Dolores wakes up to find her sister gone --- sent to a hospital in their father’s native London. There is no Dolores without Mita. And now Mita is gone. When the family moves to Rio, Dolores’ parents act as if Mita never existed. Lonely and grief-stricken, Dolores struggles to learn to read and write at the stodgy British School --- until she meets Andrea, a headstrong, streetwise girl from the dangerous part of town. Andrea shows Dolores a new side of Rio --- and how to survive it. As the dictatorship cracks down on dissenters, and people disappear, Dolores begins to wonder if her sister is dead and if her parents are lying.
As Tabitha Knight arrives at her grandfather’s rue de l’Universitémansion, a woman bursts out of the door babbling about messages from spirits and a warning Grand-père must heed. While she’s on a date that evening, she’s accosted by her again --- and learns that Madame Vierca is a medium who claims to have visions of a dark fate that awaits Grand-père and Oncle Rafe. The very next night, Tabitha’s messieurs host a soiree at their new restaurant, inviting fellow Resistance fighters from the war known as the Nine Bluets. But shortly after the revelers leave, one of Grand-père’s old friends is found dead on the street. When a second member of the Nine Bluets is found poisoned the next day, Tabitha cannot ignore Madame Vierca’s frightening predictions about her dear messieurs.
Kit's summer position at the Abbaye de Saint Maurice, an upscale hotel in the French Alps, was meant to be a new start. But after she became entangled with a mysterious group of guests, the estate came to hold her darkest secret, which left her with no choice but to flee. After a decade spent laying low, Kit receives an invitation to return to the hotel. But who is calling her back? And why, when they all promised to stay away? Kit can't resist the pull of the Abbaye and the chance to finally find closure. But upon arrival, she learns that a former flame is writing a book that could expose the group's shared secret. The others need her help to stop him, but will Kit be able to betray the man she once loved? When new details surface about that long-ago summer, Kit is forced to question the story she's been telling herself and what it all says about the person she really is.
It’s been almost four decades since Edie Marshall’s little brother, Charlie, vanished on his walk home from day camp. In her 50s now, Edie teaches at her old high school and has returned to her childhood home to care for her ailing mother. When the long-dormant tip line set up for Charlie rings for the first time in years, Edie assumes it’s a wrong number. But on the other end is Jericho Jenkins, the only person of interest ever identified in the investigation. Jericho believes he’s found something of Charlie’s on his property, and with this news, all the pain and uncertainty of that summer rushes back to Edie, including vivid memories of her best friend, Trill: their shared secrets and the devastating lie Edie told that could have changed everything. Now Jericho is under suspicion again, Trill is coming home, and her mother’s hope is renewed.
To the world, Owen Pierce is just another handsome, successful Miami lawyer. But to the secret American organization known as the Council, he's one of the most dangerous assassins in the world. When Owen lost everything, it was the Council that gave him purpose. He became their most dangerous weapon, the man they send to eliminate high-value, hard-to-reach criminals who escaped the judicial system. But when a mission to take out a cartel leader goes disastrously wrong, Owen starts to uncover the sinister truth of the Council and what they're really after. And with their plan in its final stages, that makes him a dangerous liability. Owen and his team go from the Council's top operatives to their number one target. But the Council has made one critical mistake --- they chose Owen because he lost everything…and that means he has nothing left to lose.
The leaves have fallen in Crozet, Virginia, and with a sudden downpour of cold rain, autumn gloom has settled. But Harry and her best friend, Susan, are determined to cheer up the town, and with the help of a kind local doctor, they just might succeed. Dr. Anglin is the owner of multiple properties, and he agrees to let Harry and Susan use one of his homes to throw a spooky Halloween bash. But around town, things grow even spookier when a local townsperson turns up dead. Soon, one dead body turns into multiple --- and what’s even spookier is that the deaths seem to be connected. Could they be the result of a lover’s quarrel? Or is something even more sinister haunting the town? With help from her feline sidekicks Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and her helpful hounds Tee Tucker and Pirate, Harry has no choice but to get to the bottom of it.
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April's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "The Testaments" on Hulu and Disney+; "Margo's Got Money Troubles" on Apple TV, and "The House of the Spirits" on Prime Video; the season finale of Apple TV's "The Last Thing He Told Me"; the season premiere of "Sullivan's Crossing" on The CW; the conclusion of Apple TV's "Imperfect Women"; the films Hamlet and The Stranger; the continuation of "Outlander" on STARZ and "Will Trent" on ABC; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of Cold Storage and Die My Love.